Fumi Ikeda, Ph.D

I am a senior assistant professor at Ehime University (愛媛大学、April 2022-Present).

I received a PhD in Policy Studies from Chuo University in March 2020. Before joining Ehime university, I worked as an assistant professor at Waseda University (Waseda Institute for Advanced Study) from April 2020 to March 2022.

My area of expertise is comparative politics and Japanese politics. My main research interest is political institutions. In particular, I study elections, political parties and interest groups. The current interests are organizational votes and distributive politics.